Military Experience on the Home front

By: Paola Gomez

World War 2 was tough on the whole country. If it wasnt for everyones cooperate effort we may have not been able to win. Women and Jewish Americans were two groups that were great help during the war. Jewish Americans felt a very personal connection with the war overseas. Many men enlisted to go to the war and fight alongside other Americans against Germany. They wanted to help their Jewish counterparts in any way they could, so they figured that fighting against Hitler was the best way they could directly help out. World War 2 also signified a great shift in Jewish relations with Americans. Americans and Jewish were brought closer together by the war efforts and discrimination of Jewish Americans lessened as a result. Now, as for women, they played a very great role throughout the course of the war. Many of them took over male jobs once they left for the war. The fictional character of Rosie

the Riveter perfectly signified the women of the time. They were hardworking, strong and independent. Without the women of ww2 who knows what the outcome may have been. Women helped mobilize America and make the Tools of the war. They enjoyed helping out and still managed to take care of their homes. In brief, the victory of ww2 can be credited to the unity of all groups in America being able to work together. From Jewish Americans women everyone contributed greatly.

European and Pacific Theatres: Major battles

By: Florian Seidel In the 1940s there were many major battles during world war two. On December 11th, 1941 Germany declared war on America. On April 19, 1942, Doolittles Raid was an airstrike on the Japanese Home Islands; this was significant because it was a form of retaliation after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The battle of Coral Sea was a fight between America and The Japanese and was the first time two aircraft carriers engaged in a battle, the Japanese ended up winning this battle. In June 4, 1942, America won a crucial battle known as the battle of Midway, in this battle America crippled Japanese forces by destroying their naval base. In June 9th, 1944 the battle of El Alemein took place. This battle was significant because after this American Victory Germany soon surrendered to the Allied powers. In August 23, 1942, the battle of Stalingrad occurred, in this battle, Russia won, but that win came with a price.

The battle of Stalingrad is known as the bloodiest fight in WW2 but, with that victory, Germanys plans on pushing east were foiled. In June 6, 1944 the D-day invasion took place, the D-day invasion was significant because this British surprise attack on German Cities lost Germany the war.

Foreign Policies
By: Janay Covarrubias

Making foreign policies is always a struggle, after all, a president does not want to upset the nation nor the Constitution. President Roosevelt, however, had his eye on the prize all along. Not only smart with in his nation, President Roosevelt was smart with foreign soil. In the 1940 Presidential campaign, Roosevelt stated, I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again; your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars and so the United States had declared neutrality, yet again. The US was not to aid anyone involved with war, not until Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, pleaded to Roosevelt stating that England was running out of money and they were in need of aid. The president then made the Lend-Lease act (1941), stating that they were to lend goods and weapons to the countries at war, if and only if those goods and weapons were to be returned. Because of the Lend-Lease act, many isolationists grew furious, stating that it was untruthful and unnecessary. Another foreign policy would be the Bracero program. The Bracero Program

or Emergency Labor program, was introduced in the early 1940s but was not enacted until 1942, when passed by congress. The Bracero program was only temporary, but it allowed Mexican migrant to come into the United States to work in American industry. The Mexicans had a long impact on the economy and were finally receiving a pay, other than other minorities who still could not achieve a job because of their ethnicity. The last foreign policy has to do with the Japanese. Because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States was not afraid of any Japanese citizen living in the nation. Roosevelt responded with sending every Japanese American into concentration camps because of the fear espionage and the fear of an attack on American soil.

------------------------------------------------------------------Minority Experience on the Home Front

By: Kenny Lopez

As the Second World War comes to a close, taking a look back, there was much going on with minorities here on the homefront, specifically with the African Americans and the Mexicans, both good and bad. BLACKS: With nearly one million african americans serving in the war effort and facing prejudice and discrimination, it should be noted that at home, they fared about the same. Blacks faced discrimination at work, and it got so out of hand that A. Philip Randolph wanted to lead a protest march, to which our late President Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) to ban racial discrimination. However, although its intentions were good, the FEPCs impact was less on

the black population than the actual shortage of labor on the home front. Another issue with blacks was their migration to inner cities. This increased diversity, but limited housing and recreation places created immense tension between the races. Who could forget those hate fueled riots and race wars? For example, the Bell Isle riots, which ended up killing not only blacks, but also white people, with about 9 caucasian casualties! Hopefully these racial clashes wont have any effect on the post-war society, because in my opinion, the last thing we need is a bunch of Negroes fighting for things they already have MEXICANS:

When it came to Mexicans, our neighbors from the southern border, the results were pretty much the same as blacks. We all knew we needed them anyways, with help in the armed forces and whatnot, because why turn down free help? But all else aside, they did help us, with their creation of the 88th division. Here on the home front, they left places like Texas and New Mexico and headed towards cities where they witnessed much racial segregation whilst looking for jobs in petroleum refineries and aircraft factories. They did, however, improve their economic standing substantially. They also had their share of violence like the blacks as well. For example, the Zoot Suit Riots

of beautiful Los Angeles were

Hopefully, however, the Mexicans dont try and follow the path of the Negroes and try to press for equal rights and whatnot ********************** ******** In conclusion, the war effort did much to the lives of minorities, especially for blacks and mexicans. However, it should be understood that in terms of discrimination, there really was no difference in the

experience, whether on the war front or the home front.

*committed by rascist whites like the ones above, because of stereotypical ideas.

Domestic Affairs
By: Genesis Fermin

In the 1940s, Domestic Policies were mainly concerning World War 2 and how to defeat the Axis Powers. Germany had taken a good chunk of Europe which worried President Roosevelt because he knew that Hither was taking hold of countries. The worry grew more when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and people rallies and people wanting to go to war. This inspired domestic policies. As president Roosevelt grew worried he passed the Selective Training and Service Act in 1940. This law registered about 16 million men who were belonging to the ages of eighteen to late twenties. As time went by the age was moved to eighteen to sixty. The drafts occured through a lottery system to pick the men who would be drafted, so it would be equal. However it waa not completely eqyal since African Americans were not allowed to fight in World War 2. If drafted, you would serve a year in war time. This act required for men to stay in the western Hemisphere or any US territory and that no more than 900,000 soldiers trained at a time. The Alien Registration Act (also known as the Smith Act) was enacted on June 29, 1940. It basically said that all adult non- citizens were required to register with the government and could be punished for promoting any sort of act to overthrow the government. Alien Registration Division of the Immigration was created to register about 3 million immigrants within 460,000 offices in America, those who didn't register would be punished under the

Act. Only about 200 people who were Communist or fascist were punished. Soon the actually was revoked because it was deemed unconstitutional. The Office of War Information (OWI) was an agency created During World War 2 to allow war propaganda. These war messages could be transmitted through radio broadcasts, newspapers, photographs, and any sort of media. During It's time, the OWI posses 2 photographic units. These photographers documente the time of the war, mainly at factories and women in the workforce. This only lasted until the end of World War 2, however it affected how people perceived the war and our victory was celebrated immensly because it. These policies were enacted to have a support on the war and successfully did so. Although these policies were temporary they had a huge affect on the time period and nonetheless lead us to victory.

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